11:32 Mar 30, 2019 |
Japanese to English translations [PRO] Cooking / Culinary / Expression | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Kayoko Kimura United States Local time: 13:34 | ||||||
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5 | take care of, prepare |
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5 | To prepare |
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5 -1 | Tighten |
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3 | to make the octopus sedentary |
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4 -1 | tie down |
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3 -1 | kill |
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kill Explanation: Judging from the context, in this case, it is "to kill". https://ameblo.jp/sixyunpapa2/entry-12408291122.html |
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to make the octopus sedentary Explanation: I think it's a process to make an octopus still. It requires cutting the nerves. https://tsuriho.com/p/5287/2 |
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タコを締める tie down Explanation: The full sentence "タコを締める" can be translated as "tie down the kite", with the verb 締める in this case indicating fastening, closing, tying up, or tying down. |
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take care of, prepare Explanation: In this case, 締める is used as a euphemism to put the octopus to death. You can choose to use other expressions for "kill" such as "take care of," "knock," "put away," etc. that you prefer. |
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To prepare Explanation: I'd usually translate this as "to fillet" but since an octopus doesn't have any bones "to prepare" would be the second best translation given the context., |
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Tighten Explanation: 絞める is used a lot in technical and engineering documents. This word is used in machine installation manuals. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 days (2019-04-10 12:18:07 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- I missed the cooking reference and just concentrated on the word. My bad. Example sentence(s):
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